Chapter 259: This Time and That Time
This large-scale naval battle lasted from noon to almost dusk.
The sun was slowly setting from behind King's Landing's towering walls.
The dim sunlight seems to have the ability to scorch under the scorching sun, exposing people's hearts to uneasy conditions.
Five knightly horses belonging to King's Landing Military Port twitched the reins fiercely, urging the restless horses to kick and gallop towards the city.
The knight controlled the warhorse and raised his sword in the other hand.
"Urgent military situation! Get out of the way, death to those who stand in the way!"
The guards of the Gate of the Gods raised their hands to signal to the group of knights, and the knights roared through the Gate of the Gods and entered the straight avenue of the Shoemaker's Square.
After entering the city gates, there were more people on the avenue, but the two knights did not slow down their horses. A civilian who couldn't dodge was kicked down by his horse, and the two knights headed towards the bronze gate of the Red Keep without looking back.
However, the knights were unable to enter the Red Keep without any success, and were intercepted by the Church forces guarding the gates of the Red Keep with the news of the defeat of the King's Landing.
The sparrows were shocked at first, and then they were suspicious, King's Landing's navy was not bad, and the Sparrow Church had not attacked the Admiralty during this time, how could the huge fleet be defeated overnight?
Sparrow led his most loyal Sparrow cultists to a sit-in front of the bronze gates of the Red Keep, and soon the news reached him.
"Is there a fleet in the Gripen?" muttered the Gripen Fleet, raising her eyebrows slightly.
"Maybe it's Stannis's Dragonstone fleet, didn't he go to the North to seek allies before, maybe his family's fleet joined forces with the North to attack the south. "There is speculation.
Suddenly, a wave of Sparrow Cultists panicked.
If the Northerners and the remnants of Baratheon join forces to attack King's Landing from the east coast, then it would be pointless for them to block the king here in the Red Keep, the Church forces are now limited in number, and now they control the northwest and southwest gates of King's Landing, isolating the Lannith army, but have not deployed to the port.
The Sparrow pondered for a moment, the more he thought about it, the more likely it became, no wonder Lynn Rothschild, the guardian of the North, dared to rob people at the tournament yesterday, probably relying on his navy to arrive.
From the tower in the middle of King's Landing, there was a humming sound.
The dragon-patterned bell and drum made a loud noise.
The inhabitants of King's Landing all know what the dragon bells and drums on the castle tower are used for, and as long as the bells and drums are ringing, it is a sign that there will be a very difficult war in the capital.
More than a year ago, when the dragon bells and drums rang, the little demon Tyrion led the garrison of King's Landing as the acting king's hand, and defeated Stannis Baratheon's Dragonstone legion at the last moment......
How tragic the battle is on the east coast side will ring ten bells and drums.
In the two most important military camps in King's Landing, the golden-robed guards who had been hiding in the barracks as shrunken turtles for more than ten days were finally not silent, and a group of iron-clad warriors wearing golden silk robes appeared on the streets of King's Landing.
The two barracks of the capital garrison, near the Dragon Gate to the east and the Shoemaker's Square to the west, poured out.
Of course, these golden-robed guards were not assembled to reinforce the east coast ports of the capital, which had already sounded the death knell of defeat.
Nor is it going in the direction of the Red Keep, preparing to expel the Sparrow Church, which is almost equivalent to the act of forcing the palace, this official garrison and enforcer of King's Landing, who were once only loyal to the royal family, but now, are only the doglegs of the Lannisters of the West.
"The golden-robed guards left the barracks and went to the west gate. Outside the barracks, our church surveillance team was killed by those men. ”
Listening to the bell in the distance, the sparrow that could still face it calmly could no longer sit still when he heard the news.
There is no doubt that a navy that has just experienced a great war, although it controls the sea surface of Blackwater Bay, cannot break through the strong walls of King's Landing in the first place.
However, outside the West City, a large army of Lannisters with thousands of people was gathered, and they could enter King's Landing at any time, and they would enter the city in the name of the Qing Emperor's side, posing a great threat to the church.
The Sparrow patted its butt from the stone steps in front of the gate and stood up, first turning its head to look at the bronze gate of the Red Keep still behind him, and then looking to the west.
He called out to a few of his most loyal followers, including several members of the Warrior's Sons of Lancer Lannister, "Call all the believers to the West Gate, hurry, we have less than 1,000 men guarding the three gates of King's Landing, and we must not allow the Golden-robed Guards to take control of the city gates." ”
Lancel looked up in surprise, "Archbishop, the faithful don't have weapons. ”
Sparrow looked at Ransale's expression with a look of majesty that had never been seen before, "We are the children of the Seven Gods, we have faith, do you want to question the will of the gods? You know Tywin better than I do, he is your patriarch, and if he leads his army into the city, the followers of the Seven Gods will also be slaughtered." ”
Lancel and a few faithful believers were quickly moved, and they came out of the crowd, came to the makeshift stables outside the drawbridge of the Red Keep, grabbed the bridles of the warhorse, and without saying a word, turned over and sat on the warhorse.
There was a loud propaganda from the back.
"Dear sons of the seven. Now that we've all heard the bells, King's Landing will soon plunge into a land of fear and darkness, a sacred place untouched by war for centuries on the verge of catastrophe. The whole of King's Landing will be trampled by the hooves of the greedy Lannisters. There is only us, only the children of the seven gods who are favored by the light of the seven gods...... Only then did he have the ability to protect our homeland, and the king hid in the deep palace regardless of the life and death of the people, and now ...... Only you can defend against the invaders. ”
Lancel and his companions raised the banner of the church.
Sparrow and his monks and nuns shouted, "Righteous believers, please stand up!
The onlookers, following the flag, shouted the same words, "For the Seven Gods!"
"Departure West Gate. ”
"Let's go!"
The Gripen Beast Golden Pig was obedient, and after Lynn had cleaned him, he brushed his hair with a brush, and finally wrapped his stout bucket waist with a Gripen banner secretly sewn from King's Landing Tailor.
This sturdy long-winged monster suddenly became much taller, and fed it a bucket of fat fish, and the golden pig happily fluttered its wings, and the sharp eagle beak rubbed on Lynn's chest to show intimacy.
Milan came to see off the lord.
"Everything went well with the plan, the good news came from Blackwater Bay, the Gripen fleet of the Lord annihilated the King's Landing Navy, the Lannisters outside the city couldn't wait any longer, and the garrison of the capital received a secret message from the ravens and sent their camp to attack the West Gate. The church heard that only his fanatical believers were going to block the king's gate, but the church was armed but there was no sign of support, so I don't know what to do?"
Lynn's eyes were slightly gloomy, and he suddenly took out a dimple that seemed to be smiling, stretched out and patted the back of the golden pig, "The hemp sparrow must bring his most loyal church into the Red Keep, except for the impregnable walls of the Red Keep, no one can protect him, no matter how many of his followers are useless, the Lannisters can kill 10,000 people outside the city, and after entering the city, there is nothing that they can't let go of if they kill tens of thousands of believers." ”
Milan looked puzzled.
Lynn sighed and revealed a shocking secret: "Inside the Red Castle, there are many secret passages. In the past, the intelligence director Varys, the eight-clawed spider, could go wherever he wanted, but now the intelligence director is Littlefinger, and he has disappeared for several days. ”
Milan didn't have the slightest doubt about Lynn's words, and while she was shocked in her heart, she was also amazed by the depth of the lord's thoughts.
King's Landing is completely out of control, which is enough to hold the Lannisters back.
Lynn flipped onto the back of the Gripen, and it was time to fly away from King's Landing to join the army on the Riverlands front.
Seeing that the lord was about to leave.
Britney, who couldn't bear it anymore, finally asked Lynn about it.
"Your Excellency, are you leaving King's Landing, Miss Stark is also trapped in the Red Keep, won't you come to her rescue?"
At this point in time, Lynn had taken Milan and recklessly flown all the way from the North to King's Landing, originally to rescue Miss Sansa Stark.
After all, she had promised Erya to protect her family as much as possible.
But not anymore.
"I'd love to break into the Red Keep again to save those two sisters. It's just that the Red Fort is now like a frightened bird inside and out, and it is difficult to get things done. Stark's two girls, let them fend for themselves!"
Lynn's extremely irresponsible statement almost made Brienne, the beauty behind Milan, furious. was about to refute two sentences, but found Lynn looking at him with a smile that seemed to be not a smile.
Lynn laughed and said, "Just kidding, since Littlefinger and the Octopus Spider are familiar with the secret passage of the Red Keep, how can I not know the truth, I have already told the second girl this secret, but I, Arya, this girl has been too tsundere recently, I don't want to pick her up, Britney, after all, you have been loyal to Miss Caitlin, and you can help me go to meet Miss Stark."
Wait for them at an old woman's brothel at the Flea Nest Market, where they may be blocked by Littlefinger and his new companion, the Sparrow.
After I left, the affairs of King's Landing were mainly in Milan, and any news could be communicated to each other through the small boats in the harbor, and I would arrange for someone to answer the mouth of the river land.
King's Landing is in chaos, and your mission is only to rely on Blackwater Bay, which is under the control of the Gripen fleet, to run King's Landing as our territory. Pick up Miss Margaery to the harbor and settle in. Whatever happens, wait and see!"
"Yes, my lord!"
Lynn's earnest request was quickly agreed by his subordinates in unison, Lynn smiled and waved his hand, prostrate himself, and then rose from the ground between the wings of the lion and disappeared into the King's Landing.